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[Uncle]

06/10 Entry #5 . . .

THANK YOU - "Sweet Lady" . . .

Well - It's . . .

So - I'm off . . .

GOOD "MORININGNIGHT" and . . .VVV'ers . . . .

BE SAFE - PLAY NICE . . .

 

[Natey]

#1 6/11/13
Alright, come on luck, don't fail me now...

 

[lisancentraltx]

CHAT -

So, back 'in the day' all of the personalities and behaviors these characters exhibited were charming and cute... these were our childhood friends. These days, the days when 5 years olds are prescribed meds to calm them down so both parents & teachers can handle them with ease, everyone has some type of 'illness'. The phrase, 'boys will be boys', has no meaning any longer, those rambunctious children with more energy than sense are no more... now even our childhood characters are considered 'damaged' and needing a label and perhaps even meds to change them :/ Kinda sux, this society we live in today. I mention this because I see more and more students that tell me of the meds they have been prescribed as early as the age of 5, now they are in their 20s and fighting to get off of them... with poor results. Does anyone remember the 'emo' type of label? Depressed, dark, lost... this is what I am seeing more and more of... and it truly sux.

 

[Natey]

#2 6/11/13

Chat, i hear ya there, but on a good note, The Most Wonderful Things About Tiggers, Is Were The Only Ones..... lol

 

[lisancentraltx]

#1 on 06/11/2013 -

Finally, midnight has come =]

Nothing is my fault... yeah right!

Okay, in vaping news... I got a Empire KeCig K100 in. It is a heavy little cuss, I mean SUPER HEAVY for the size! I tested it before I came to work and it was an okay vape... not even close to as great a vape as my Silver Bullet or the kicked Bolt. BUT, as I said I just tested a quick vape with one of my VVV tanks and not the atomizer/carto it came with. I'll test the Empire KeCig K100 and the mini Zmax later this weekend probably. I've been mixing so many different juices in my polypro tanks that the cartos are gunked. Only one is hanging in there and that is my white VVV polypro filled with CINNAMON & FRUIT STRIPED GUM LOL She is a work horse and goes to work with me =]

 

[liblue1]

6/10 #2
Good morningnite VVVers

 

[Schnarph]

1. 6/11 - I spent a few hours yesterday making coffee chocolate caramels while vaping caramel chocolate e-liquid. I'm surprised I didn't OD on those flavors. I'm vaping some raspberry/peach/rum raisin now to reset the taste buds.

 

[RiverRat1]

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5? Anyone know for sure?

Can't see it killing my love for carto tanks though. Nothing beats the simplicity, taste, and th I get off my low res cartos in a VVV tank!

I agree(except for LR cartos, I'm a STD man). I almost ordered that new JoyeTech ECA for my eVic as a Fathers Day gift to myself. It's designed to match the eVic perfectly. Had it in the cart with a pack of atomizers, then started thinkin I'm happy with my Pyrex carto tanks(I wouldn't have 5 if I wasn't). If something works don't fix it, right? So I have 3- 30mls juice coming and I think I'll look for a new tip, I only have 10 of those. Ya can't have too many tips, it's like vapers jewelry. My juice vender listed a juice I created, for sale on their site in the customer creations section, it's called "Chic's Ambrosia". I needed another bottle so I put in an order and made another juice, called it "Chic's Elixer", and I ordered a bottle of a new juice they put out "Dragons Roar", supposed to be a creamy hot cinnamin flavor. Now to look for a new tip. Ceramic is my favorite but I want to try a stone one. The ones I want are always marked sold. I got some recommendations from somebody here a few months ago but they're pricey, might be time to splurge. After all it IS Fathers Day. LOL

 

[Schnarph]

2. 6/11 - I remember cleaning pennies with Taco Bell hot sauce about 20 years ago. I would like to polish up a copper pipe mod, but I don't want it smelling like that (insert expletive here). As fun as it would be to walk in a Taco Bell, take hot sauce packets and walk out, I'm going to look for homemade alternatives. Vinegar and...lemon juice? I forgot.

 

[lisancentraltx]

#2 on 06/11/2013 -

Glad to see you guys =] I was sending out PMs and thinking that I'd be alone tonight

The caramel sounds magnificent and the creamy hot cinnamon flavored juice sounds really good as well... I'm going to have to think about that... creamy cinnamon - how would I make that?

Well, I forgot to call the court house yesterday, so I hope I remember to once I get done at the PO when I get off of work. Other than that, I've got a kick in my Bolt and it is really comparable to my SB, which is the bets of the best in my opinion. I've got a mini Zmax that I need t check out and the K100 to play with, but I think I will just set them aside and keep using the Bolt, which is truly my first love <3 My Bolt has a good weight, a good circumference, and the button is the perfect size and in the perfect place and now with the kick, it is a real vaping machine =]

I've been mixing a lot of different juices in my tanks, so the cartos are really gunked up. I am going to attempt to clean them and reuse them... I kind of wish I could get the stuffing out of them and keep the wire intact :/ Seems like you should be able to vape with less stuffing, just like with an RBA :/ I don't understand it all, so just ignore my meandering

Cleaning copper -

#1 Pour vinegar and salt over the copper. Rub in. Keep rubbing to remove any tarnishing and grime. Rinse off. Polish up with a clean, soft, dry cloth.

#2 Place 1 tablespoon salt and 1 cup white vinegar into a large pot. Fill with water. Place the copper item into the pot. Bring to a boil and continue boiling until the tarnish comes off. Remove item. Once cooled, wash with soap in hot water. Rinse and dry.

#3 You can clean tarnish off items like copper pots and plates by using lemons.

#4 Lemon And Salt Method

#5 Salt, Vinegar And Flour Method

#6 Believe it or not, ketchup is excellent for removing oxidation from copper. This method is probably better for small areas due to the mess.

#7 This method is best used with oxidized/tarnished copper, where the copper is the only material of the piece being cleaned. Other metal that may be making up the material may become tarnished and/or pitted from the sulfamic wash.

http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Copper

 

[Schnarph]

3. 6/11 - I can't address the topic of creamy cinnamon vapes, although I'm sure it's not only possible but available from a few vendors. I'm just starting to venture off the path of tobacco vapes, I'm sure someone will address that topic today. I found out I like peach and berry flavors a couple of weeks ago, and coconut/tropical flavors just last week.

 

[RiverRat1]

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I'm out drip tip hunting and thinking of splurging. I found this and thought of you Schnarph. Expensive but cool. I hope its ok to post. if not let me know and I'll delete it.

 

[lisancentraltx]

#3 on 06/11/2013 -

Yeah, I think Ray should get a different supply of drip tips in but I think he's done his research and the delrin <?> tips do not melt or something... We have had this discussion before, but I forget what all was covered. Me, I don't like the swirled tips :/ Very ugly... I like solid colors, so I always ask for BLACK I got a white tank from Ray awhile ago and it was so gorgeous that I hid it away =] I am using it now and it is really a gorgeous tank =] The tip is pure white, so I am happy with that. But as far as tips MELTING =] I have melted MANY tips on the CE1 - CE9s, I melt them ALL OF THE TIME, so I stopped using them!

Anyway, I think Ray needs nicer drip tips... I just don't know which kind to suggest. I keep buying the wrong stupid size so I can never get my isht together enough to have a good looking setup or figure out what I need BUT I would prefer to buy it from Ray so I can ASK his opinion :/

 

[Schnarph]

4. 6/11 - That's a unique driptip RiverRat1, funny it's sitting on a SS RDA. Not everything matches perfectly, some items will need to compliment the colors and designs of others. I try to compromise on visual taste on a regular basis but it never seems to get any easier.

I saw a titanium mod with a matching RBA a couple of days ago that blew my mind (and would also blow my wallet). Like Ray's tanks, there are specialists in each field of vaping that offer excellent hand-crafted items. There is a place to get unique driptips as well, if you have the money. There's no such thing as a one-stop shop for quality items no matter how hard anyone tries at re-selling. I'm pretty used to this, as most of us should be by now.

 

[glassmanoak]

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CHAT -

So, back 'in the day' all of the personalities and behaviors these characters exhibited were charming and cute... these were our childhood friends. These days, the days when 5 years olds are prescribed meds to calm them down so both parents & teachers can handle them with ease, everyone has some type of 'illness'. The phrase, 'boys will be boys', has no meaning any longer, those rambunctious children with more energy than sense are no more... now even our childhood characters are considered 'damaged' and needing a label and perhaps even meds to change them :/ Kinda sux, this society we live in today. I mention this because I see more and more students that tell me of the meds they have been prescribed as early as the age of 5, now they are in their 20s and fighting to get off of them... with poor results. Does anyone remember the 'emo' type of label? Depressed, dark, lost... this is what I am seeing more and more of... and it truly sux.

Double DITTO this post. Lisa

 

[glassmanoak]

Try Tobasco Sauce. World's Best Copper Cleaner

2. 6/11 - I remember cleaning pennies with Taco Bell hot sauce about 20 years ago. I would like to polish up a copper pipe mod, but I don't want it smelling like that (insert expletive here). As fun as it would be to walk in a Taco Bell, take hot sauce packets and walk out, I'm going to look for homemade alternatives. Vinegar and...lemon juice? I forgot.

 

[lisancentraltx]

#4 on 06/11/2013 -

Sherm, you are up kinda early :/ You doing okay? You used to get up and get a cup of coffee, so W T H you drinking now? Cocoa

I have been wanting some TEA, iced tea, hot tea, sweet tea, I don't care, I am just craving it... I wish I had some mint =] I'd be just like being at my Grans =]

It's pretty dead here at the circus :/ We've had a bit of a revolt and my boss really threw a curve ball at the psycho on nights. She's been backtracking like a crocodile in a luggage factory and trying to right all of the wrongs she's been shoving down our throats this week. It won't last, as this has happened before and it never lasts, but it'll be nice to have a bit of a break from the typical ranting and raving.

I have to run an errand in the AM and then call the courthouse to get some clarification and then I am going to relax and maybe make some Texas tea =] On second thought, I just checked the recipe and that would kill me :/ I can't do that type of thing any longer Sheesh, there's not even any TEA in that Texas tea recipe W T H!?!?!?!

** LATER **

About the drip tips, I think metal and anodized and ceramic and glass tips have been discussed. I used to have some really sexy metallic drip tips, anodized? that I liked, but they have been cleaned and put up some where LOL I don't like how the metal tips are cold when you vape :/ Then there are some tips that HEAT UP, I hate that :/ Finally, I don't want to be messing with any glass drip tips - I want to USE IT, VAPE WITH IT, and with glass and my arthritis, that PV is either stuffed in my clothing in stealth mode or it is on my desk, bumped constantly and falling over... no glass for me.

I do have this very short rubber drip tip that I got from my CE2 carto and I like it A LOT, but it always falls out when I walk Emmy and I get tired of looking for it :/

 

[Schnarph]

5. 6/11 - Good morningnight all, it's nap time for me. I'm driving to San Antonio in the morning and I need to be fully awake for that extremely boring drive.

Try Tobasco Sauce. World's Best Copper Cleaner

I forgot about that, thanks! I have an old bottle that never gets used because I have much better options to use for food. I'll relocate it to the cleaning products area.

 

[RiverRat1]

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I'm looking at a similar tip, black/red braid with flat bottom $40. I wouldn't buy many expensive tips but part of that cost is the feel good factor. I like the red o-rings on my frosted VVV tank, I gotta order black caps when Ray re-opens it will look good on black caps/red o-ring tank. As long as your going to make suggestion, I really like small tanks. Standard height but about 22mm wide(hint hint). They hold about 3ml. That way I can put different flavors in all my tanks, lasts me over a week and I'm never bored with my juice. And they look good on the narrower eVic.



This tip would look sharp on this tank

 

[lisancentraltx]

#5 on 06/11/2013 -

Chic, that would certainly be gorgeous What are those made from?

I need to go through my tanks to start using a glass one, but they are so BIG and HEAVY I only use them at home. Now that I think about it, I think MrPicC used the pyrex tanks with the SB so perhaps it won't be falling over like my lighter PVs... I think I even have a sidewinder pyrex tank... snatched up on the classies =] Later on they were crying about making a mistake but I pretended not to read that post SUCKER!!!! Mine! Mine! Mine! J/K I didn't call them a sucker =] But I didn't offer it back EITHER